Tactile Ground Surface Indicator Widening and its Effect on Users' Detection Abilities

Kohei FUJINAMI; Naoki MIZUKAMI; Hisato OHNO; Hiroaki SUZUKI; Akira SHINOMIYA; Osamu SUEDA; Masaki TAUCHI

doi:10.2219/rtriqr.46.40

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Tactile Ground Surface Indicator Widening and its Effect on Users' Detection Abilities

Kohei FUJINAMI, Naoki MIZUKAMI, Hisato OHNO, Hiroaki SUZUKI, Akira SHINOMIYA, Osamu SUEDA, Masaki TAUCHI

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Keywords: visually impaired person, tactile ground surface indicators, railway platform, detection rate

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2005 Volume 46 Issue 1 Pages 40-45

DOI https://doi.org/10.2219/rtriqr.46.40

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Abstract

To prevent visually impaired persons from falling from railway platforms, we performed an experimental study to evaluate the effect of widening the tactile ground surface indicators (TGSIs) that warn them when they are nearing the platform edge. The focus of the evaluation was the detectability of dot tiles and the stopping distance required after they had been detected. As a result, it was not only proved that the typical width of 300 mm is effective, but also that adding 100 mm improves that effectiveness. The detection rate reached 100% when the width was 600 mm.

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